August 2024 Meeting: Pansy Canes
🌸 Create a Pansy Cane! 🌸
Join us as Tom teaches the beautiful art of creating Pansy Canes! This is a fantastic opportunity to learn how to craft intricate canes that can be used for various polymer clay projects.
What You'll Learn
- The basics of cane making
- Techniques to create stylized pansy petals and centers
- How to assemble and reduce your cane
Important!
Please prepare Skinner Blends ahead to save time! Directions below.
Tools:
- Work surface
- Pasta machine or roller,
- Clay blade(s) or Exacto knife
Clay Needed:
Any color combination can be used. Pansies come in so many color variations that it may be hard to choose. I have found them in Bronze, Copper, Crimson, White with fringe of color around the edges and of course countless shades of Purple and Blue.
I used the following colors for the primary flower colors.
1. White
2. Purple
3. Blue
4. Yellow
5. Plus, White Translucent or White to wrap the completed cane, a small amount of Black or a very dark contrasting color for veins, and a small amount of Yellow (or a light color for the flower center).
Skinner Blends (prepare ahead of time):
Please try to have the Skinner blends made ahead of the meeting to save time.
I would suggest using clay in the following color combinations and proportions:
Blend one colors 1, and 2 (1/4 block each)
Blend two colors 2, 3 and 1 (1/8 block each)
Blend three colors 3, 2, 1 and 4 (1/8 block each)
You can use any colors you want for your pansy just assign the colors numbers and follow the proportion above.
Color Inspiration
Meeting Details:
📅 Date: August 17, 2024
⏰ Time: 1:30 PM
🏠 Location: Wesley United Methodist Church, 1401 NW 25th St, OKC. (map) Park on the west side and enter through the double glass doors (Contact us for the entry code). Meeting is on the fourth floor in the teen room. Signs will guide you. There is an elevator for anyone who has difficulty maneuvering stairs. Please contact us if you need help.